Leaflet escape in a new bileaflet mechanical valve: TRI technologies

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2303-2306

  Bottio, Tomaso ^a   Casarotto, Dino ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Caprili, Luca ^a   Angelini, Annalisa ^a   Gerosa, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Leaflet escape; Prosthesis; Surgery; Valves, mechanical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0038324338     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000070590.42796.F0     Document Type: Article

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